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I think this has been tried before and there are issues with Constitutionality, qualified immunity, etc. but I am not an attorney. Better to make sure the penal
by pc86 2y ago
I think this has been tried before and there are issues with Constitutionality, qualified immunity, etc. but I am not an attorney. Better to make sure the penalties stay at the official level, but also to make sure the people in these jobs are elected and not appointed so there is real accountability.
- immibis 2y agoElections do such a good job of accountability...
- bombcar 2y agoElections suffer from the bobcat problem - if something like a permit is only pulled five times in your life, you'll rarely, if ever, be affected. But those who are may go through hell, and yet the approval rating remains high. https://xkcd.com/325/ https://xkcd.com/325/ - "You can do this one in every 30 times and still have 97% positive feedback."
- pc86 2y agoThey are certainly more accountable than someone appointed by a politician. If you have a real issue with an elected official they're at least somewhat incentivized to listen to you. This is especially true at the level we're talking about - local government where they're dealing with constituents dozens of times a day every day. These elections are decided by a few hundred people at most - often by a few dozen. Yes it falls apart when you start talking about US Senators and the like but I'd argue that's a problem of scale and not a failing of the electoral model generally.